The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-06-03
REV. DIR. TAlMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's sun
DAY SERMON
Subject What is the Moral Effect
Of Secret Societies.


= appear that in soiomon's time. as in all
T Subsequent psriois Of the world, there were
pop Zoo much disposed toteil all they knew.
y was tlah hlab, filab. physicians revealing
tne case "A their Patients. lawyers exposing
thr private Affair o. their clients, neighbors
ADJ e9risLng the faults Of the next dner resi-
cent. pretended friends t-siraying confidences.
f One half n TIE trouble of every community
. c1ules from The fact that - many people have
no e1larify b keep thsir mouths shut.
" ben hear something disIaraging II you
my ifst duty ., not % ten you But II l tel
yol Hhst s1meb-iy has said against you,
lll then 60 out and tel everybody e'ss what
] tod yuu- AMI they 20 out and tel others
f hat tod them that ! told You and we all
. - ont spuze 70 hunt up the originator Of TIE
story and other 10 hunt Il down. We shall get
taF uleie Community taking about what
gpu dil Do and what yol did not do, and
there viii b. as many s aips taken as though
q tann n Nosiocs had sSep. upon helpless
village We have tNo ears but only one
tongue q Physiological suggestion that we
ought 30 bear a good deal more than we tell
1t us JON a conspiracy that We viii tell
each other ali fhe good and nothing of the
ID. and then fhfars Eil not b. such awful need
T a s-ruioss on Soiom0ns words: Discover
T No q s,crssf 10 another
nolonlon had very large domestic circle
+ ia his eariis- days be had very CONFUSED no
7 tons Eiiouf uunOEnuly and poiygainy. and
bin mritifudinous associates in the matrimo-
nial state kept him too well informed as TO
I xlaf Nas going On in Jerusalem They gath
srci up Al TIE fFlsaeies OF the city and
polrst them INTO his ear ami his family be
T came a sorusis. or female Debating so-iety Of
20. diseaszins day after day all the Difficult
iies letuesa husbands and wives between
employers and employes. between rulers and
slibleeis, until Solomon. IN M text, deplores
roiublAty atort Affairs that do not belong 10
~ ana eEtdls the virtue Of secrctiveness
fIf t4a
ci1urrhes nciEhborhoods, nations fly apart.
BY THE power u a secret kept great charities,
saf'laiitias. refurmafefy movements and Chris
tan entefpris.s may he advanced Men are
{ erssarlous cattle in herds fish in schools,
birds IA foeks men in social circles You
may BY tho dis;harre az a gun scatter
Eprz n quails, or by the plunge Of
tae auchur sand arart the denizens OF the
sel- hu. theF viii gather themselves together
again II YOU by some new power, could
break the associations in which men now
stand Whey would a-.1in adhere God meant
D ~. lie has gathered all the flowers and
shrubs INTO azss-iaiions. You may plant oRs
. fnf-sf iue-iot Or hearf s-ease alone, away OF
upon the hillside. but 4 VIII soon hunt
up some other forget -me-not o. hearts
si-s Plants love company Guu will find
tn'u talking - each other in the dew A
GALAXY ~ stars j. only a mutual life insI-
ane- company You sometimes see a man
stl no out-iralchings Of sympathy His
uafuns : cold ard hard like "A ships mast
f i0'-g a1''l, which tie mot agile sailor
eo1id never climb. Others have a thousand
roots and a thoasani hranchcI In
Vulnerable tendr.ls climb their hearts,
and blossom all the way up, and ths fowls
~ heaven sng in the branches In oonse-
qlenca Of this tendency We find men coming
together IN tribes. IN communities N charchas
in sa-ieiiss- S5lus gather together 10 cult
yaie the arts some Il pan for the welfare Of
l1e riGta- some 10 s!ls-Ilss religious themes
su1ne O. kindie their mirth. sone to advance
ihf1r craft - every arfive community Is
ditided into Associations OF artists, Of
merchants. Il heokhinders. 81 carpeniert Of
masuI's. of piastsrerz. Of shipwrghis Of
pluml-rrs Do you cry out against II. Then
gcu csY out against a tendency diyinely i'm
T.auteL Your TRADES would acconipl 81 no
more than II you shoald preach 20 busy
autrhii Or ies-hive a long sermon against
s-rnf soc.etes
Here we md the oft-dis1isssi question
whether asspciatiuns that do their work with
cl0sl dqors and admit their members by
passwords. and crc-t each other with a
scsrst grip are right or wrong. | answer
that II depends fntr.ly on the nature Of the
ntiefI for which fllcV meet. l. u 10 rass
and Obscene talk. or 10 plot trouble
% the State, or t. dehauch tine il
anoeu-- then ! say with an emphasis
t1at no fnanfan mistake: No! But is the
A-aIiIsf oppression. the improvement Of the I
mind. the enlargement II the heart. the ad- /
faudrIualf q arr the defeTse OF the govern
ml.uf, fhe extirpaiion II crime or the kind /
Ing n q purehetrtel sociaiify. then l say, |
III just a. much crphasis; 4es
Th.re isno ned that We who plan for the |
conTiifa. o. right Owl wrong shoIh publish /
q 81 tle world our iHfenfionZ The General |
a an army never arnds 10 the opposing /
frpoTs information Of the coming attack. /
fhal Ee who have enlisted IN the cause Of /
God aul haEianifv expose our plans to /
PIX fhe ruin Of all the enterprises /
a rsfAn AM his cohorts When /
ffeT eKfcci u hr day. We Will fall upon them
By hight While they are strengthening /
their EFT wing we VII double up their right.
By plan Of hattie formed in secret conelave
we VII come suddenly upon them CRYING:
h sword o. the Lord and Of Gideon.
s,cresy Of plot and execution are wrong
orlT when the object and ends arr
neiar1ous- Every family IS secret
so1efv. every business firm and every
banking and Insurance institution Th0se
ni-n nho haze no capacity 70 keep a
sfrr are unfit for positions Of trust any
uliers There afe thousands Of man whose
vital netsl Is culturiug capacity to keepa
s.sIet- Men TAX too much, and women too.
Ih'1r > a time = keep silence As well as
TINE o. sIseak
Although ma belonging 70 any Of the great
stret ai-r.cflfs about which there has been
81 nueb s3o.rssf discussion haze only words
- fsiai-, iurtbose associations which have for
~ r. oiltri the maintenance of right agninst
nl1Iug. Or The reclamation of inebriafa.s. or.
LIZ IL ='one Of fautaai leneft sociaties,
eaiiel ty diifercni name, that pro
fiie temfQrafy relief for widows and
o-It.illls. and Tor me.n ineasa-ffaiea by siclz.
4 p. ~ aerldclf frull clrnag a livelihood
Had q ut heen Tor the lsrze number Of
farrf laior organizations in This country
liasiaIaiy would l'nE ago hsre. under lis
2 'i-efpils uaf=ls- GROUND ths laho.ins
-lassi INTO ma iu;oerlhla asrgifude
m ma uho want the whole earth
r thasnselres would have got it he
lfre fLs, Aai h not haon for the
ts,iiile together y great sacret Organize
tsi.ls Ana- while W deplore many things
llid- hare l.aen dole bv them. their existence
q = ~ easliF. and t1eir lazifiniste snliere dis
thrifty pa.uied out b. the prOyiieaso offioi
'-ii.h organizations are irving tndisssiiss from
tiitif asr,'i4ilol all fnsnibers in favor OF
r,ltr NJ and -a,ial chaos Tiey will grsidu-
az cease anything Ike tyranny over their
Ililiia-H aal VII 4orbhi violent Interference
VIA any nsan's Work whether he belongs To
Ter union Or IS outside Of II. AID will declare
der diss-uss rith aBy-rich RUE a that pass
IL Eneland bY TIE Manchester Brickiayess'
So i-iiffa- which says any man found run
.-- ~ wiring beyond a regular speed
sli1i - fned fRo shiliinzs and six
feDce Tor ne firsr oderse. five sill
ms for thf sHolt. ten shiIlings for the
THIRD ns'd Il sill psri sting shall be dealt with
a. iiie cgsnfuiftso think proper Th.re are
i,'ie z1iefles IN orr rsills.es tlaf hase letters
~ -. Gre x alphabet for theirnonen-latura.
ana tilfar members rre NJ the very front in
~ iafslip and irrpproachahle IN rnorais.
D t,ie1e arr otiers the s-cle n carousal,
ana thcy gamble, and they drink.
ani they graduate knowing a hundred
time more about sin than they DO Of geome-
~ ami aoqisries IN other words secret so
ciftis-. Ike indirifuais. arr good or bad. are
the means Of n1rsil health CT Of temporal and
rtfTnai dausnafioa. an gOod people rrcog-
mn the Fice q sinniering an indiviiual. but
n1ur do not sse the in q slanierins an lr-
-anir1.ion
TIER are Old qecret societies in this aud
lfh1r countries. some n them centuries old. /
which have been widely denounced as i'm
loft nid dauaeins in their influence. ye- I
ave hundreds u personal friends who belong
p Them. friends who are consecTa;ei to
idd pillars in the church. faithful
% an relations Of life. examples of
irine ana rl.<y. They are The Kind Of
lelds whom ! would have for my executors
J am - happy ~ 10 leave anything for ray
7 .is'aald ~ the time 81 deaease and they are ,
p 1l''a y hqin aou.d have carry me out TO
iaa 'a-f slsen lshsn ] an dad You cannot